Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Campion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus}), bearing
berries regarded as poisonous.
{Bladder campion}, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus
Behen} or {Silene inflata}), having a much inflated calyx.
See {Behen}.
{Rose campion}, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria}) with
handsome crimson flowers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
campion
n : any plant of the genus Silene [syn: {silene}, {catchfly}]
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